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Google: Reminders & Colors

Introduction

Google Calendar allows up to 2 Popup and 2 Email reminders and 1 color for each event. DocketCalendar fully supports control of your reminders at the Case, Trigger, and Event levels, with recent updates providing enhanced control over reminders.

Key Features:

  • Two reminders at Case and Trigger level: one popup and one email reminder
  • Two additional reminders at Event level: one popup and one email reminder
  • Email reminders are sent to the email address assigned to the calendar

Reminder and Color Control Levels

  1. Case Level
  2. Trigger Level
  3. Event Level

Create Events: Reminders & Colors

When creating new events, you can set reminders and colors at the individual event level:

  1. Calculate your deadlines on the Create Events screen.
  2. Click the "Next: Edit Events" button.
  3. For each deadline:
    • Click the Edit Pencil icon at the end of the line.
    • Use the dropdown to set the individual event Popup reminder and Color.
    • Click "Save" for each edited line item.

Your Trigger level settings will be saved when you add the events to your calendars.

Note: You can only set one Color at the line item (event) level or Trigger level.

Case Reminders & Colors

Case reminders and Color settings are set when you create a new case and can be edited at any time:

  • Changes to Case settings apply to newly calculated deadlines.
  • For existing deadlines, edit the Trigger or Event to change reminders or colors

Trigger Reminders & Colors

Set Trigger reminders and colors when calculating a new Trigger or edit existing ones:

  1. Go to your Case.
  2. Click the "View" button for the desired Trigger.
  3. Click the "Edit Trigger" button.

Event Reminders & Colors

For individual events, you can set or edit reminders and colors:

  1. When creating new events, set the Event level Reminder and Color.
  2. For existing events, edit settings by accessing the Edit event screen:
    • From the Case / Trigger view
    • Using the "View all Case Events" button on each case
    • Through the "View All Events" Screen

Important Notes for Users

  1. DocketCalendar provides two reminders at the Case and Trigger level (one popup and one email) and two additional reminders at the Event level (one popup and one email).
  2. Email reminders are sent to the email address assigned to the calendar.

Conclusion

By effectively using reminders and colors in DocketCalendar with Google Calendar integration, you can:

  • Organize your events more efficiently
  • Set up multi-level reminder systems
  • Use colors to visually categorize your events

Experiment with these features to find the best way to manage your legal calendar and deadlines in Google Calendar through DocketCalendar.

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